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WORD OF ADMONITION:
Fish only see the bait…
NOT THE HOOK!
Same thing applies with how
“church membership” works.
THIS WEEK’S CHURCH
CATCHPHRASE
“Ministerial Dignity”
1) An unbiblical and contrived sacred office; 2) A blasphemous, self-centered ego trip.
“Always remember your ministerial dignity when ascending the pulpit!”
Maybe waking up isn’t about learning something new…maybe it’s about finally questioning the people you were never supposed to question.
THIS WEEK'S BIBLE VERSE
For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the
Lord commendeth.
2 Corinthians 10:18
See the truth come to life!
THIS WEEK'S
"The Pastoral Office"
“We need to go to church because God tells us to do so.”
Prayer
Christendom presents a picture of prayer as a sanctimonious coming into God’s “presence” and then spending much time and effort “talking” with Him there – trying to convince Him of so many things.
Many even bring their “prayer list” with them when coming into His “presence.” Some even form their “prayer circles.”
The simple fact of the matter is that we are already in the presence of God.
We live there. It is not some place that we “go,” but rather is some place that we simply “are.” It is where we live and move and have our being (Acts 17:28).
What often is paraded as “prayer” is artificial and pretentious; and many “for a show, will make their long prayers” (Luke 20:47), using “vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking”
(Matthew 6:7).
Is not heeding
“the pastor’s counsel” considered to be rebellion and folly?